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But we used it at my last job!

They hired a new hotshot engineering manager (the kind that makes physical things). He hates the engineering software we run. I don’t blame him, it’s crap software. He constantly complains about how slow it its. He’s right again. Crap Software Vendor says it’s my platform that makes their software slow and buggy. I’m...

Moving external DNS server to VPS

I plan to move an external DNS server to a hosted VPS in the near future. I would appreciate advice on VPS specs for this purpose, or an other helpful feedback from others who have done this before. I’ve used a lot of low end boxes to host web services, and would like to do that with this project as well but don’t want to...

AXENCE - if you're looking for the solution to bring some order to the chaos that is your network/inventory, check this software. Been using it since I got fed up with GLPI, Spiceworks and Zabbix ( axence.net )

IIRC correctly, the free version allows to manage 10 remote devices. It should be enough to see how it works and whether it’s the solution for your specific environment.

Moving from PRTG to Zabbix

Is it just me or is the learning curve a lot greater with Zabbix? The error messages seem extremely vague or completely useless. The web GUI fields don’t have proper validation. They moved a lot of things around in the 6.4 version and now googling a solution gives me out of date info. The template network sensors are picking...

Apple & Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2023 Edition ( krebsonsecurity.com )

Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to quash 130 security bugs in its Windows operating systems and related software, including at least five flaws that are already seeing active exploitation. Meanwhile, Apple customers have their own zero-day woes again this month: On Monday, Apple issued (and then quickly pulled)...

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